Books
Executive Privilege: Presidential Power, Secrecy and Accountability. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas (revised and updated 4th edition), 2020 (with Mitchel A. Sollenberger).
Executive Privilege: The Dilemma of Secrecy and Democratic Accountability. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994.
Law Reviews
“Executive Privilege and the Bush Presidency”, Journal of Law and Politics, Vol. 24, No. 1 (Winter 2008), pp. 1-47 (with Mitchel A. Sollenberger).
“Executive Privilege Revived? Secrecy in the Bush Presidency”, Duke Law Journal, Vol. 52, No. 2 (November 2002), pp. 403-421.
“Restoring Balance to the Debate Over Executive Privilege”, The William and Mary Bill of Rights Law Journal, Vol. 8, No. 3 (April 2000), pp. 541-582.
“Executive Privilege and the Modern Presidents: In Nixon’s Shadow”, Minnesota Law Review, Vol. 83, No. 5 (May 1999), pp. 1069-1126.
Congressional Testimony
“Executive Privilege in an Era of Intensified Polarization: The Challenges of Restoring the Accommodation Process”. Testimony Before the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights. “Breaking the Logjam: Principles and Practices of Congressional Oversight and Executive Privilege” September 20, 2023 (Dirksen Senate Office Building room 226).
“Executive Privilege: Separation of Powers and the Accommodation Process”. Testimony Before the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights. “Breaking the Logjam: Principles and Practices of Congressional Oversight and Executive Privilege” August 3, 2021 (Dirksen Senate Office Building room 226)
U.S. Congress, House Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial Management and Intergovernmental Relations. Hearing: “H.R. 4187, The Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2002”. April 24, 2002, 2154 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. Hearing: “Withholding Information from Congress”. February 6, 2002, 2157 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C.
U.S. Congress, House Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial Management and Intergovernmental Relations. Hearing: “The Implementation of the Presidential Records Act of 1978”. November 6, 2001, 2154 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C.
Articles/Book Chapters
“Presidents: Executive Privilege”, in the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, (Third Edition). Taylor and Francis Pub., 2015 (with Mitchel A. Sollenberger).
“Should the President Be Allowed Executive Privilege?”, in G. McKenna and S. Feingold, eds., Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Political Issues. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2013.
“Executive Privilege and the Unitary Executive Theory in the Bush Administration: The Cheney Energy Task Force Controversy”, in Christopher S. Kelley and Ryan J. Barrilleaux, eds., The Unitary Executive and American Politics. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2010, pp. 145-162 (with Mitchel A. Sollenberger).
“Executive Privilege: The Bush Legacy and Record”, in M. Rozell and G. Whitney, eds., Testing the Limits: George W. Bush and the Imperial Presidency. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2009, pp. 199-218 (with Mitchel A. Sollenberger).
“Executive Privilege and the Bush Legacy”, American Review of Politics, Vol. 29, No. 2 (Fall/Winter 2008/2009), pp. 215-234 (with Mitchel A. Sollenberger).
“Executive Privilege and the Unitary Executive Theory in the George W. Bush Administration”, in James Thurber, ed., Rivals for Power. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2009, pp. 209-228 (with Mitchel A. Sollenberger).
“Executive Privilege”, in Michael A. Genovese and Lori Cox Han, eds., Encyclopedia of American Government and Civics. New York: Facts on File, 2009, pp. 562-564.
“Undermining a Constitutional Doctrine”, in Mitchell Young, ed., Issues on Trial: Political Corruption. Farmington Hills, MI: Cengage Press, 2009.
“Executive Privilege and the U.S. Attorneys Firings”, Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 38, No. 2 (June 2008), pp. 315-328 (with Mitchel A. Sollenberger). Reprinted in James Pfiffner and Roger Davidson, ed.s, Understanding the Presidency, 6th ed. New York: Pearson Press, 2010, pp. 288-302.
“Pro: Executive Privilege is Necessary to a Strong Presidency”, in Richard Ellis and Michael Nelson, eds., The Presidency Debated. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press, 2006, pp. 127-132.
“Executive Privilege in an Era of Polarized Politics”, in Chris S. Kelly, ed., Executing the Constitution: Putting the Presidency Back Into the Constitution. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2006, pp. 91-108.
“Executive Privilege”, in Harry Jeffrey and Thomas Maxwell-Long, eds., Watergate and the Resignation of Richard Nixon: Impact of a Constitutional Crisis. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press, 2005, pp. 63-76.
“Executive Privilege in the Bush Presidency”, in G. Gregg and M. Rozell, eds., Considering the Bush Presidency. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004, pp. 125-140.
“The Clinton Legacy: An Old (or New) Understanding of Executive Privilege?”, in David Gray Adler and Michael Genovese, eds. The Presidency & the Law: The Clinton Legacy. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2002, pp. 58-74.
“Executive Privilege from Washington to Clinton”, in Philip Henderson ed., The Presidency: Then and Now. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2000, pp. 31-45.
“Executive Privilege in the Clinton Scandal”, in M. Rozell and C. Wilcox, eds., The Clinton Scandal and the Future of American Government. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2000, pp. 81-99.
“George Washington and the Origins of Executive Privilege”, in M. Rozell, W. Pederson, and F. Williams, eds., George Washington and the Origins of the American Presidency. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2000, pp. 145-154.
“Executive Privilege: Definition and Standards of Application”, Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 29, No. 4 (December 1999), pp. 568-580.
“Something to Hide: Executive Privilege in the Clinton Scandal”, PS: Political Science and Politics, Vol. 32, No. 3, (September 1999), pp. 550-553.
“Executive Privilege in the Lewinsky Scandal: Giving a Good Doctrine a Bad Name,” Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 28, No. 4 (Fall 1998), pp. 816-820.
“Raoul Berger on Executive Privilege,” Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 28, No. 3 (Summer 1998), pp. 687-692 (with Louis Fisher).
“Executive Privilege in the Ford Administration: Prudence in the Exercise of Presidential Power,” Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 28, No. 2 (Spring 1998), pp. 286-298.
“Executive Privilege in the Reagan Administration: The Battle for Information Control,” Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 27, No. 4 (Fall 1997), pp. 760-772. Reprinted in E. Schmertz, N. Datlof and A. Ugrinsky, eds., Ronald Reagan’s America. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997, pp. 431-445.
“Executive Privilege in the Carter Administration: The ‘Open’ Presidency and Secrecy Policy,” Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 27, No. 2 (Spring 1997), pp. 272-283.
“President Nixon’s Conception of Executive Privilege: Defining the Scope and Limits of Executive Branch Secrecy,” Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 22, No. 2 (Spring 1992), pp. 323-335. Reprinted in W. Levantrosser and L. Friedman, eds., Watergate and Afterward: The Legacy of Richard M. Nixon. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1992, pp. 163-176.
“Executive Privilege: A Bibliographic Essay,” Journal of Law and Politics, Vol. 4, No. 3 (Winter 1988), pp. 639-651.